The Grady Family

How your baby's growing:

 Your baby's waiting to greet the world! He continues to build a layer of fat to help control his body temperature after birth, but it's likely he already measures about 20 inches and weighs a bit over 7 pounds, a mini watermelon. (Boys tend to be slightly heavier than girls.) The outer layers of his skin are sloughing off as new skin forms underneath.

Thats it. thats the whole update. know why? CUZ HE'S ALREADY COOKED. done. ready to be out. (and I'm ready also!)

So, I'm working from home today because my coworker came down with H1N1, which means they freaked out and sent me home. and oddly enough, I'm actually getting work done. (with the occasional blog post thrown in there apparently). but the folding chair i'm sitting on is not as comfortable as my office chair. oh well. 

in other news - did you read that update up there? it said MINI WATERMELON. SEVEN POUNDS. oh crap. seriously - 9 months ago this seemed like a really good idea. Ha. 

these days i'm wearing tshirts to work, and tennis shoes, and by the end of the day my ankles are grapefruits (seriously - i'd take a picture, but it would gross you out) - and i have so much water weight that i think i am rolling everywhere I go. 

We still think this weekend would be good timing. but you know, things never go as "planned" so he probably will not be here this weekend. for that matter, he probably wont be here until well after the due date. because i want him to be early. and i have no idea how to tell if i'm going into labor, because they tell you the whole 5-1-1 rule - which is contractions, 5 minutes apart, lasting 1 minute, for over 1 hour. know what? that describes the past 4 evenings for me. but they always stop after about 3 hours. maybe its when they actually hurt. hmmm. we'll see. as long as i dont end up having him at home, i'm fine.